Matushka Maria Garcia

Funeral services for Matushka Maria Garcia, wife of the late Protodeacon John Garcia, will be celebrated at Saint Spyridon Cathedral here on Saturday, July 21, 2012, at noon.

Matushka Maria fell asleep in the Lord peacefully on Friday, July 13, 2012, at Columbia Lutheran Home in Seattle.

Interment will take place at Washelli Cemetery, followed by a memorial meal at the Daybreak Cultural Center in Seattle’s Discovery Park.

A native of Kodiak, AK, Matushka Maria moved with her husband to Seattle in the 1970s while he was working at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She was a faithful member of Saint Spyridon Cathedral, where her husband served until his unexpected death in 1985.

May Matushka Maria’s memory be eternal!